title: Advancing primary care in france and the United States: parallel opportunities and barriers.
abstract: Primary care has been identified as key to improving health care delivery systems across the globe. France and the United States have been ranked low on scales of primary care orientation. However, each nation has developed significant approaches to structuring primary care and organizing primary care-focused systems. This article reviews those efforts and finds that both nations face similar barriers to implementing many primary care initiatives.
authors.affiliation: Professor of Health Policy and Management and Social Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ricketts
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naiditch
authors.forename: Yann
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bourgueil
keywords: interdisciplinary; medical homes; organization of care; policy development; primary care